
Fresha · Paris
The AI-powered OS for beauty, wellness and self-care About Fresha Fresha is the AI-powered operating system for the global beauty, wellness and self-care ind...
The AI-powered OS for beauty,
wellness and self-care
About Fresha
Fresha is the AI-powered operating system for the global beauty, wellness and self-care industry, connecting and powering everything from salons and barbers to spas, medspas, fitness studios and health practices.
Trusted by millions of consumers and businesses worldwide. Fresha is used by 140,000+ businesses and 450,000+ stylists and professionals worldwide, processing over 1 billion appointments to date.
The company is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with 15 global offices located across North America, EMEA and APAC.
Fresha allows consumers to discover, book and pay for beauty and wellness appointments with local businesses via its marketplace, while beauty and wellness businesses and professionals use an all-in-one platform to manage their entire operations with an intuitive business software and financial technology solutions.
Fresha’s ecosystem gives merchants everything they need to run their business seamlessly by facilitating appointment bookings, point-of-sale, customer records management, marketing automation, loyalty, beauty products inventory and team management.
The consumer marketplace unlocks revenue potential for partner businesses by leveraging the power of online bookings and automated marketing through mobile apps and advanced integrations with major tech brands including Instagram, Facebook and Google.
Role Overview
We’re looking for an Business Development Manager to join our French Sales team.
Reporting directly to the Head of Sales, France, you’ll be generating outbound lead,s qualifying, nurturing and converting them into long term partners. Unlike a traditional outbound sales role, this is about high quality consultative conversations with prospects who are already engaged with Fresha.
It’s a fast paced, target driven role where you’ll manage the entire sales cycle from first contact to close, with an expectation for outbound lead generation.
What you’ll be doing
What we’re looking for
Interview process
We aim to complete the process within two weeks.
Le système d'exploitation alimenté par l'IA pour la beauté, le bien-être et les soins personnels Le système d'exploitation alimenté par l'IA pour la beauté, le bien-être et les soins personnels À propos de Fresha Fresha est le système d'exploitation alimenté par l'IA pour l'industrie mondiale de la beauté, du bien-être et des soins personnels, connectant et propulsant tout, des salons de coiffure et barbiers aux spas, medspas, studios de fitness et cabinets de santé. Approuvée par des millions de consommateurs et d'entreprises dans le monde entier, Fresha est utilisée par plus de 140 000 entreprises et 450 000 coiffeurs et professionnels à travers le monde, ayant traité plus d'un milliard de rendez-vous à ce jour. La société a son siège social à Londres, au Royaume-Uni, avec 15 bureaux répartis en Amérique du Nord, en EMEA et en APAC. Fresha permet aux consommateurs de découvrir, réserver et payer des rendez-vous beauté et bien-être auprès d'entreprises locales via sa marketplace, tandis que les entreprises et les professionnels de la beauté et du bien-être utilisent une plateforme tout-en-un pour gérer l'ensemble de leurs opérations grâce à un logiciel de gestion intuitif et des solutions de technologie financière. L'écosystème de Fresha offre aux commerçants tout ce dont ils ont besoin pour gérer leur activité de manière fluide, en facilitant la prise de rendez-vous, les points de vente, la gestion des dossiers clients, l'automatisation du marketing, la fidélisation, la gestion des stocks de produits de beauté et la gestion des équipes. La marketplace grand public débloque le potentiel de revenus des entreprises partenaires en exploitant la puissance des réservations en ligne et du marketing automatisé via des applications mobiles et des intégrations avancées avec les grandes marques technologiques, notamment Instagram, Facebook et Google.
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